African Music for Teaching & Learning (SCC ETHNS 320)

Workshops hosted in several SCC classes by Dr. Gino Sitson, New York-based Cameroonian vocalist, composer, and musicologist.

Dr. Sitson will be working with students in the following Umoja classes. All students are welcome to attend any of these:

• Monday, February 5, 2024
  PSYC 300 General Principles
  12:00 pm to 1:20 pm
  Performing Arts Center, PAC 103
• Tuesday, February 6, 2024
  ENGWR 300 College Composition – HSI-Early College Program
  1:00 pm to 2:20 pm
  Rodda Hall South, RHS 208
• Wednesday, February 7, 2024
  HCD 310 College Success
  1:30 pm to 2:50 pm
  Rodda Hall North, RHN 208
• Thursday, February 8, 2024
  COMM 301 Introduction to Public Speaking
  10:30 am to 11:50 am
  Performing Arts Center, PAC 133
• Monday, February 12, 2024
  ETHNS 320 Introduction to African American Studies
  9:00 am to 10:20 am
  Rodda Hall North, RHN 229

Presenter

Dr. Sitson holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Paris-Sorbonne University. His work focuses on music cognition, expressive properties of the voice, and the process of transmitting music from the ‘black’ diaspora. Among them, he is particularly interested in Gwoka music from Guadeloupe. He has released eight albums and two books and appeared in the PBS documentary The Music Instinct: Science and Song.

Organizer

SCC Pathway to African-Centered Education (PACE)